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Stepney 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.

COX.LYON.TWAITS.JOHNSON.WRACK.COOK.PAVITT.CROOK.MILLS.SHEPHERD.WHITE.FLINT.SIMPSON.QUAINTRELL.STILES.DEE.WATERMAN.TOTALS.
Number of Inspections— House to house473350364270625304484405;41795742560951744828372..7003
Miscellaneous154287116321360804127412848421232111412957371102109611643363417719
Complaints7214220710667178145711421305382963782132241766
Infectious diseases3322085231641191021891552612301421462871192262..3205
Intimations served399403738937470635972603101862067969984855998299192412477
Statutory notices served303545356-321003276174128031324435576373025492553126970
Houses re-visited3020220243145585431638274686350535653789399234944513357256883857478968774
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891212..213111623103341
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts101521037572728672877372721 10417635111210
Summonses ,, „ ,, ,,4211435122n1446215187
Houses or parts of houses cleansed51112853372123871851762462102711862101851324585513994
Water supply to houses re-instated555951631281823623113076221
Drains constructed and reconstructed25801415831418151302425719757116..••928
,, cleansed and repaired6634661491251321921216570988192657837151486
,, trapped61041771016354334115433121013298....901
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated1•231401129837311447133217259
New closet pans and traps fixed1279818276857815116813688899168701222161674
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus191028616111110615613522897663918539126891391884
Closets provided with light and ventilation1302142147107247......2147
,, cleansed and repaired6466511120716841151223588021931012011771491898
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired11814016521262209299185128104217922111151671831212728
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved127817161448191123519733751515353
Sanitary dust receptacles provided177961022287164163761835140482465580811171914
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected1562920461718..6418106461341913344
Houses ventilated under lower floor44112121517..1534024211203177396
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c.28961795732722794553103341554063273171908004023195442
Overcrowding in dwellings abated3113313242198683016192412967578549
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued1..18..152..102..611158878
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed......412..3....841......23
Offensive accumulations removed1..211410811412142632622131665538961892
Bakehouses inspected28115235820281230221022241232....346
,, cleansed281152168202843013109241032....295
Smoke nuisances abated..38615196341692532....119
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed..25....1910..68..35144168
Damp walls remedied1103057182772b10401695829148488
Cisterns cleansed and covered....2..74161055103..32866
Urinals fixed11....122..1....3I2......20
Open fires in yards abolished..1......151..11..4..........23
Canal Boats inspected......89..........................89
Areas and stables paved and drained20420..121....4....5431....84
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued......................1..1......2
Light and ventilation provided to rooms..............................5550105

The figures relating to Inspector Lyon are for the period ending 3rd September, 1908.